When Flowers Were Eaten
"tTAVE you ever eaten flowers or their roots in your salads? Orchid roots were once used as the principal ingredients of a salad. They were mixed with sugar and milk, and wero said to be so fortifying that a few ounces were considered to bo enough food for u whole day ! The history of salads reveals that they did not always contain just the simple vegetables associated with them in the present day. Nineteenth-century England delighted in the introduction of hawthorn buds and young nettles (reputed to have a flavour superior to cabbage) into their salads. Young bracken roots, wild hops, and bulrushes were all eaten as a substitute for asparagus I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23339, 6 May 1939, Page 6 (Supplement)
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116When Flowers Were Eaten New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23339, 6 May 1939, Page 6 (Supplement)
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